Catalina de erauso autobiography for kids
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Welcome to steph you missed in history class from how
Stuff Works dot com. Hello, and welcome to the podcast.
I'm Tracy V. Wilson and I'm Holly Frying. We're taking
a little trip today to both the time and a
place that have not gotten as much attention on our
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show recently. That's largely my fault. My picks for the
show have have largely been like United States twentieth century
lately for reasons. Well, we'll break out of that right today.
We're going to talk about Spain and it's American colonies
in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. And we have to
tip our hats to Jason poor Atha rejected princesses for
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this idea, because that is where we first heard about,
or at least I first heard about Catalina de Arouso,
who was nicknamed the Lieutenant Nunn in spite of being
left in the care of a convent at about age
four and coming very close to taking religious dows as
a nun Catalina, they are also wound up living a
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life of danger and adventure, and a lot of today's
episode falls into the general category of exploits. There are
thefts and fights and stabbings and narrow escapes, along with
a range of
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Catalina de Erauso
(1585/92-1650)
The Lieutenant Nun
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Erauso, Catalina de (1592–1635)
Spanish woman who fled a convent and, disguised as a man, rose to the rank of lieutenant in the Spanish colonial army in South America, then returned to Spain where her exploits were immortalized. Name variations: Erauzo; Erauzú; Francisco de Erauso; Francisco de Loyola; Alfonso Díaz Ramírez de Guzmán; called La Monja Alférez ("the Nun Ensign"). Pronunciation: Eh-RAU-so. Born Catalina de Erauso on February 10, 1592 (some sources cite 1585), in San Sebastián, in northern Spain; disappeared and assumed dead in Mexico at Veracruz, 1635 (some sources cite her survival in Mexico until 1650); daughter of Miguel de Erauso and María Pérez de Galarraga y Arce; attended the Dominican Convent of San Sebastián el Antiguo, to age 15; never married; no children.
Escaped the convent, dressed as a man, and worked as an accountant and page (1607); fled to America as a "cabin boy" and became soldier of fortune in Perú, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina (beginning 1608); revealed in confession that she was a woman (c. 1623); returned to Spain, where she was received by the king and awarded lifelong military pension, then visited the Pope (1625); collaborated with Juan Pérez de Montalván in penning drama based on her adventures (c. 1626–27); returned to Mexico